10 Steps To Take Before Launching a WordPress Website

Are you planning on launching a new site? Every day thousands of new sites appear and it's important for your site to stand out.
We went over things you need to do before launching in order to have a successful site. We discussed tools you can use to test your new site, optimize it for speed, secure from hackers, and we went over some frequently missed but important details.

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1. 10 STEPS TO DO BEFORE LAUNCHING A NEW WEBSITE Irina Blumenfeld @irinablumenfeld #wporl
2. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 1. CHECK FOR BROKEN LINKS
3. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 1. CHECK FOR BROKEN LINKS brokenlinkcheck.com
4. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 2. REDIRECT PAGES ▸ mysite.com/our-products/super-cool-product ▸ mysite.com/products/supercoolproduct ▸ Redirection - WordPress plugin ▸ .htaccess
5. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 2. REDIRECT PAGES
6. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 3. OPTIMIZE IMAGES source: httparchive.org
7. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 3. OPTIMIZE IMAGES ▸ tinypng.com ▸ kraken.io ▸ EWWW Image Optimizer - Free WordPress Plugin ▸ Compress JPG and PNG WordPress Plugin
8. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 4. ACTIVATE CACHING ▸ Managed Hosting Caching ▸ WP Rocket - Premium Plugin ▸ WP Super Cache - Free Plugin by Automattic
9. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 5. ACTIVATE SSL Let’s Encrypt SSL - Free
10. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 5. ACTIVATE SSL
11. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 5. ACTIVATE SSL
12. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 6. ADD FAVICON
13. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 6. ADD FAVICON
14. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST ▸ Forms ▸ E-Commerce Transactions ▸ Mobile/Tablets ▸ Social Sharing
15. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST Facebook Share Preview - https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/
16. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST Twitter Preview - https://cards-dev.twitter.com/validator
17. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST Yoast WordPress Plugin
18. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST Yoast WordPress Plugin
19. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 7. TEST, TEST, TEST Yoast WordPress Plugin
20. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 8. GOOGLE ANALYTICS MonsterInsights - WordPress Plugin
21. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 9. SECURE YOUR SITE ▸ Wordfence WordPress Plugin ▸ Don’t leave Admin username
22. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 10. SET UP BACKUPS BackupBuddy WordPress Plugin
23. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com 10 STEPS BEFORE LAUNCHING A NEW SITE 1. Check for broken links 2. Redirect pages 3. Optimize images 4. Activate caching 5. Activate SSL 6. Add favicon 7. Test 8. Install Google Analytics 9. Secure the site 10.Set up backups
24. #wporl - @irinablumenfeld netmagik.com THANK YOU Slides: https://www.netmagik.com/steps-before-launch Twitter: @irinablumenfeld Email: irina@netmagik.com